Wladyslaw Grabski, a leader of the anti-Semitic National Democratic Party (Endeks) and former Polish Premier, died today. He also was Minister of Agriculture and twice Minister of Finance. As Finance Minister in 1924 and 1925 he introduced currency reforms and an anti-Jewish taxation policy so severe that it resulted in a great immigration movement to Palestine, known as “the Grasski Aliyah.” He was 64.
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